
5 timeless habits for better health

What are the symptoms of prostate cancer?

Is your breakfast cereal healthy?

When pain signals an emergency: Symptoms you should never ignore

Does exercise give you energy?

Acupuncture for pain relief: How it works and what to expect

How to avoid jet lag: Tips for staying alert when you travel

Biofeedback therapy: How it works and how it can help relieve pain

Best vitamins and minerals for energy

Should you take probiotics with antibiotics?

Heidi Godman
Executive Editor, Harvard Health Letter
Heidi Godman is the executive editor of the Harvard Health Letter. Before coming to the Health Letter, she was an award-winning television news anchor and medical reporter for 25 years. Heidi was named a journalism fellow of the American Academy of Neurology, and has been honored by the Associated Press, the American Heart Association, the Wellness Community, and other organizations for outstanding medical reporting. Heidi holds a bachelor of science degree in journalism from West Virginia University.
Posts by Heidi Godman

Mind & Mood
Tooth loss associated with cognitive impairment, dementia

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Tips to help you stay on your cholesterol drug

Diseases & Conditions
The dos and don'ts of managing diverticular disease

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Essential nutrients your body needs for building bone

Staying Healthy
Watch out for these balance busters

Diseases & Conditions
The heel problem that threatens your mobility

Staying Healthy
Gift giving for family or friends in assisted living

Diseases & Conditions
Sore throat soothers

Mind & Mood
How much sleep keeps cognitive decline at bay?

Staying Healthy
Harvard study: Healthy diet associated with lower COVID-19 risk and severity

Mind & Mood
Helpful gadgets for a fuzzy memory

Mind & Mood
Harvard finds flavonoids linked to sharper thinking and memory

Staying Healthy
What to do when your blood pressure won’t go down

Staying Healthy
Holiday health hazards

Exercise & Fitness
Exercising safely with hearing or vision impairment

Staying Healthy
Caring for an aging parent? Tips for enjoying holiday meals

Mind & Mood
Can friends who listen help protect your memory and thinking skills?

Nutrition
Nationwide sugar reductions projected to save health and lives

Staying Healthy
Going to sleep late at night associated with obesity, big bellies

Staying Healthy
Steps to stay safe when you push or pull an object

Staying Healthy
Is your medication making you lightheaded?

Diseases & Conditions
Taming the chronic inflammation of psoriasis

Diseases & Conditions
4 reasons for tingling or numbness in the arms and legs

Staying Healthy
Are you too embarrassed to go to the doctor?

5 timeless habits for better health

What are the symptoms of prostate cancer?

Is your breakfast cereal healthy?

When pain signals an emergency: Symptoms you should never ignore

Does exercise give you energy?

Acupuncture for pain relief: How it works and what to expect

How to avoid jet lag: Tips for staying alert when you travel

Biofeedback therapy: How it works and how it can help relieve pain

Best vitamins and minerals for energy

Should you take probiotics with antibiotics?